New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-08-06
AGAIN THE VOLUNTEER WINS
GIVING HER sILKEN SAIL A TRIAL.

THE PURITAN SECOND AMONG THE sLOoPs-THE
| sAcHEM VICTOR AMONG THE sCHoONERs.
lBY TELEGRAPH To TRrBUSE.l
NEWPORT, Aug 5-"we needu't scare about the THIS
| tie worth a cent"
In this slangy fashion great many people in Newport
tonight their opinion of the Volunteers perform
ance to-day In the for the Goeet cups for sloops.
over forty-nve-mile course, I'm moderate sailing
breeze. she has beaten the Mayfower minutes AZ
onds the Atlantic 10 minutes 33 seconds the Puritan 10
minutes SO seconds and the Priscilla 18 minutes A
onds after deducting the time which she had to allow
each OF them. No wonder that Mr.. Burgess executed
somersault the deck OF the Volunteer
In such handsome winner 1t proud day for Mr.
Burgess No one is capable Of beating him but
himself, and one wonders how long he will
continue to do 1t. His sachem also the
$1,000 cup for schooners Just by how much shc has
beaten the Iroquois aud the Palmer cannot be known
until they officially measured but 1t is certain that
she has beaten them both Handsomely. IL is foregono
conclusion barring accidents that the Volunteer will be
chosen as the Thtes competitor Heretofore the sloop
has the Goee has always been selected for
that honor.
The harbor full of yachts this morning that the
def little catboats found 1t difficult pick their way
among them. At o'clock . nice breeze blowing
inside and there Indications that 1t blowing
fresher outside. The Volunteer and Priscilla were
anchored few yards apart short distance from tho
flagship Electra. 1t realizing Of what Is
quired handle these big sloops twenty-five
each hauling at the Peak and throat to get
the huge mansails The Priscilla looked pretty painted
black above the water line and red beneath Otherwise
she easily distinguished from the Volunteer by her
straight stem and broader type OF stern which
10 not likely TO be repeated In other big soop since the
superiority Of the aperng stern has been clearly demon
strated The Priscilla lifted her anchor first and started
out Of the harbor. The other yachts followed In quick
succession and they presented beautiful spectacle the
breeze being abram. feet OF caIboas and other
small craft went to the start As expected
good sailing found outside.
IL was announced on the flagship Electra which did
duty as committee boat also, that the Hen
and Chickens course would be chosen for the
race. This course Is from hue drawn
between the red buoy of Beaver Tail and the flagship
anchored to the sounward OF 1t to and around the Sow
and Pigs Lghtship leaving 1t the port hand thence
to and around the Hen and Chickens Ughshp, leaving
It on the port side; thence to Brcntons Reef Lghtshp
passing to the southward OF it and between
the lightshp and the flagship the three
legs of the triangle making forty-hve
miles. The letters "S NJ" displayed from the flagship
indicated to the competing yachts the selection OF this
The wind blew by southeast and frequently
changed 10 southeast by south. This would make the
first leg OF the triangle to tho Sow and Pigs reach to
windward close hauled the small leg from the Sow and
Pigs. with the wind dead aft, and the
remaining leg OF the course, run with the
wind abeam. At 10 o'clock sharp the prepara-
tory gun fired from the Electra which
anchored south Of the Beaver Tail buoy The yachts
dartsd westward OF her. manGuvrng for position. and
making all OF pretty pictures that photographer
the Electra is quick to take advantage Of The
starting-gun bOoms forth at 10:i440.
prettior start made Dy 80 large
a fleet OF yachts They all crossed the line on
she sarboari tack. II marvellous how they avoided
collision so close we're of them punched together
but they did remain that way long. The moment
the gun fred the Puritan broke out her jb top
sail aui frat tho line nc 1910 25 The Huron
only five seconds behind her and to windwart The
Priscilla was the second Of the big soops to going
oyer at 1918 The Volunteer got across at lo2007 She
had jb, forestry. club topsail and Jib topsail and
they all beautifully The other soops had the same
canvas. The Volunteer was hampered somewhat stfrst
y the yachts her. but she could shake
them OF she left them rapidly.
The Mayfo and the Atlantic passed the line almo at
together the Mayower second ahead but the Atlantic
TO windward. completely bankcting her. But the May
flower to-day going to redeem her reputation and show
bad luck that defeated her yesterday. She
worked rapidly out OF the lee OF the Atlantic went TO
wndwad OF her and ahead OF her. too, at good rate
The pride OF Bay Ridge match for the Mayower
to-day.
The Titans, Pocahontas and Troubadour go over In
bunch then gun fired 10:2440 indicating that tho
allowed tho boats TO get over tho line have
expired. The Fannie gldes swiftly over the line
ii seconds after the gun red. The Resouo and Con-
cord also late and get Handicapped the former oO
seconds latter minute 35 seconds, but the two
worst laggards the soop Oracle aud the cutter
Stranger The Gracie goes over the line at
lO:3iI3, handicapped minutes and 33 seconds. The
goes just two seconds later to windward
OF the Oracle 1t looked though private match had
been them at the outset Tho Stranger
got the OF the and outsailing the
Oracle More this could not be seen for the Electra
hauled anchor and hurried through the neet 10 eaten
up with the leaders.
avao twen m
had got quarter OF mile ahead of tho Atlantic and
well to windward OF her. to windward OF
eyerything In the feet except tho Vol
unteer and Bedouin the latter sailed remarkably
well and pointing we'll and the big snge-sckers did
not fairly shake them of. At minutes to IL tho Vol
unteer passed her and next overhaued the Huron,
passing under lee, but rapidly working to windward
OF her Meanwhile she had crawlod up on the
Priscilla which started minutes and seven seconds
ahead OF her. For minutes the Priscilla apparently
favored by slant OF wind, held her own with the Volun
tecr but at eighteen minutes past III the Volunteer
passed the Priscilla hundred yards to wndward
The Electra kept pace with the Volunteer for awhile
that those on board might observe her performance.
She rapidly dropped the Priscilla and worked to wind
ward OF In surprising fashion The Priscilla took
In her stsysa and set larger one, but 1t was OF no
avail She still fell to ecward and asern Of the yolun-
teer Thore the Volunteer than In the
Priscilla The Volunteer stood up we'll under the press
OF canvas She did heel much as the Pris-
ella or the Atlantic. though for that matter tho
breeze was not strong enough TO make any
OF them put their gunwnlcs under. The Puritan
stlll held her lead, but the Volunteer crept
N windwari OF her. so also did the Mayfower. BY tho
shaking OF the jlb topsa it evident that they were
all sailing as close the wrd possible, in order to
round the Sow and Pigs Ughtshp without acking. The
Puritan especially had need to do good deal of pinch
ing The big single stickers left the schooners so far
asteru that nothing could be Of their progress from
the flagship
At1l:b5 fog descended upon the feet First their
topsas we're hidden aud then they passed ot Of sight OF
those on the Electra but the wind hes ~ size yachts
sailed en- regardessofit When the Jog ifIei at l22o
baH naIo 0ool